The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-26
IVES HOUSE ATTACHED.
HE HAD 1T LAVISHLY DECORATED
BUT FAILED TO PAY.
He Says 1t is His Sisters, but Potter
81 Stymus Place q Mechanics Lien
Upon It-Furnished and Painted in
Almost Palatial Style.
From Me Ne,o Vol. You'd.

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Upon It-Furnished and Painted in
Almost Palatial Style.
From the Ne,c York World
Another kink has been added to the tan
| gled affairs Of Henry S. Ives. That young
! financier's Injurious residence at No. 1876
Joralemon street, Brooklyn, which was not
included in his assignment, has been at
tached by POTTER 81 Stymus, the Fifth ave-
nue. firm of decorators. Notices have been
served ON ives, his sister, who he claims
owns the honse. and Assignee Cromwell.
The work for which the lien is filed was
decorating the ceilings and the walls of
most of the rooms and halls. The same firm
furnished the house. and their total bill was
something like $35, 600 What money was
paid by Ives was applied on account of the
furniture, and as the decorations are not
yet completed Messrs POTTER 81 Stymus
believe that they are amply secured in levy
ing the attachment
The senior member of the firm last night
told a reporter that no matter what slips
and failures Ives may have made in his
financial operations. his house was a success.
II regard it as the best in Brooklyn said
Mr.. POTTER "Of course, there are othors
where more money has been expended, but
considering its size it is the most completely
furnished in that city. Ives has remarkably
good taste for so young man. The house
is small, but it is worth easily 800, 900 as it
stands 1t was always a mystery to me
why he wanted such n house. | don't
believe he spent on an average more than
two days week there, for he
was continually travelling about. His
sister, too was there very little. The only
| MI 7 Of hot
wanted to get married and thought it a
good plan to get a cage before he caught the
bird. When he first came to MS | was afraid
! TO trust him because he went in pretty steep
and he would have nothing but the best.
But he paid promptly and we kept getting
in deeper and deeper. / don't know what
we win do about q carpet we ordered for
him. II is being made by Sloan and will
cost 81 600 or 81 100 for about eighty square
yards. The carpet will be very handsome
and made to match the drawing-room fur
nishings, being of Louis XVI. style in
cream and gold, with flowers, trophies, etc.
Il got little uneasy about orr account
and early in the summer kept at Ives
to pay us. One good thing about him.
he resorted to no subterfuges to avoid
paying a bill. He came right out
fatty and said he didn't have the
money, for everything he had was tied up
The night he gave the big dinner to Robert
Garrett, President of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and Other big railroad men
at his house, | went over there. ] had been
trying to catch him to get some money and
thought that would be good chance. Ives
came out to sec me and told the same story
about being tied up and said for me to come
to his office the next day | did so and he
paid 81, 900 on account"
The house is described as princely in the
extreme. 1t is small, being only 26 or 81
f,1N L. H. fn1 Il,
stories and a basement high. Ives had it
finished throughout in hard wood at a big
expense, but was rot satisfied with il, and
then contracted with POTTER Stymus to
decorate it throughout. AT the left of the
hallway, in front, is the drawing room, 20
feet wide and 30 long. 1t is in Louis XVI.
style. in ivory and gold. The walls
Of silk on paper called mauraline,
of a delicate light-blue tint, with a
dado of embossed plush of the same
color, but of a little stronger tint and sepa-
rated by fine gold border. The furniture
is of heavy carved wood, with brocade
lampas of cream and gold. In each of the
four corners of the room are solid bronze
candeabra standing on onyx pedestals,
with eighteen lights apiece. Pictures by
Detaille, Meissonier and other great artists
hang on the walls There are said to be
fully ST, 900 or $4,000 worth of these gems.
The hardwood ceiling has large allegori-
cal canvas of cupids inserted in it, and the
other woodwork eRameled in ivory and gold
is relieved by carvings, bronzes, etc.
Back OF this is the dining room, which
occupies the entire rear end of the house,
and is 81 feet in width aud % deep. This is
in antique oak of Henry III. style, with
rich, high mantels, with canvas painted in
figures and fruits inserted in the ceiling.
Rich tapestry in imitation Gobelin covers
l,nll
laid in mosaic stone; and the light steals
through ornamental stained glass. The
library, on the floor above, occupies the en-
tire width of the house and has three win
dows This is the only apartment in the
house that has no distinctive style, although
it might be called modern renaissance. 1t
is rs yet in an unfinished state, and there
are few books in it. The chandeliers are
very fine, and of special design according
to Ives fancy, and numerous paintings and
etchingS are scattered about.
In the rear is the gorgeous sleeping apart
ment of Ives, with dressing and bathrooms
| adjoining The walls are covered with
crimson velvet plush paper. Satin velours
cover the furniture the curtains are in
Louis XIV style and the Vernise Martin
bedstead and bureau are exquisitely deco
rated. Old gold damask gives a rich color
ing to il all On the third floor, in front, is
the apartment of Ives sister, which is richly
furnished and decorated and in the rear are
two spare rooms, while the attic story is
used by the servants.
The billiard room is in the basement, and
is the only plain one in the house. for even
the pantry and kitchen are in hardwood,
besides being decorated. But the billiard
room is very simply furnished, and there is
nothing in it but few chairs and the table
The assignee is having the title searched
to ascertain if this house really belongs to
ives sister, and, if so when it became her
property.